The voting process has begun for the 2023 Listen Up Awards! Whoever has the most votes wins. This year’s ceremony takes place on March 26th at the Cohoes Music Hall in Cohoes, NY starting at 3pm. Aside from the awards, there will also be three live musical performances which will be announced very soon. To purchase tickets for the 2023 Listen Up Awards, please click here. Thank you for doing your part in helping nominate this year’s artists. Voting wraps up Friday, February 24th at 11:59pm ET. Vote for your favorite Capital Region bands/artists by clicking here or below:

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2023 Nominees

Favorite Solo Duo:

• Caity Gallagher
• Harry and Alan
• Jason Irwin
• Margo Marcero
• Peter Annello

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Favorite Solo/Duo Covers:

• Yellowdog
• Geo
• North Allen Duo
• Gus Unplugged
• Dillion Rivers

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Favorite Party Band:

• Off The Record
• The Rhythm Pilots
• The Sugar Hold
• Harmony Rocks
• The Accents

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Favorite Country Artist:

• Southbound Renegade
• The Bluebillies
• Tame The Rooster
• Whiskey Highway
• Brule County Bad Boys

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Favorite Rock Cover Band:

• Dirt Cheap
• Chris Busone
• Act Your Age
• Six Mile Sundown
• Abywst

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Favorite Americana Artist:

• Brain Medicine
• Marty Wendell
• The Bluebillies
• Reese Fulmer
• Big Frank and the Bargain Bingers

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Favorite Pop Artist:

• Caity Gallagher
• Peter Annello
• Kaleb Dingmon
• Girl Blue
• Kyla Silk

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Favorite Rock/Hard Rock Artist:

• Seize Atlantis
• Shortwave Radioband
• The Hard Luck Souls
• Joe Mansman and the Midnight Revival Band
• Super 400

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Favorite Alt/Indie Artist:

• Under the Den
• House of Saturn
• Grape Juice!
• ERIE
• Haunted Cat

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Favorite Folk/Bluegrass Artist:

• Hold on Honeys
• Brain Medicine
• Joseph Biss
• The Bluebillies
• Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys

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Favorite Jazz Artist:

• Mike Newman
• E-Block
• Hot Club of Saratoga
• NEQ
• Keith Pray

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Favorite Punk/Garage:

• Black Cat Elliot
• Galene
• ShortWave Radioband
• The Hauntings
• The Sugar Hold

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Favorite Metal Band:

• Faced
• Gozer
• Ice Queen
• Lock 9
• Brick By Brick

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Favorite Jam Band:

• Annie in the Water
• Raisinhead
• Hilltop
• Ampevene
• Timbre Coup

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Favorite Blues Artist:

• Dealt The Blues
• George Fletcher Blues Band
• Matt Mirabile
• Sly Fox and the Hustlers
• The Switch

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Favorite R&B/Soul/Funk:

• Ill Funk Ensemble
• E-Block
• Doc Horton
• Nolanauts
• Oobleck

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Favorite Electronica/Experimental:

• Architrave
• TV Doctors
• Connor Armbruster
• 100 Psychic Dreams
• Cordyceps

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Favorite Performing/Recording DJ:

• DJ HollyW8D
• Tru Master
• DJ TGIF
• Devin BPM
• DJ Irod

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Favorite Irish Artist:

• Maggie’s Clan
• Get up Jack
• Triskele
• The Mckrells
• Hair of the Dog

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Favorite Hip-Hop Artist:

• B. Austin
• The Big 3
• Ricky Bandana
• Bonus
• Ali Wild

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Favorite Grateful Dead Cover Band:

• Dead Man’s Waltz
• The Wheel
• Neon Avenue
• Let’s Be Dead
• Half Step

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Favorite Prog. Rock Artist:

• Ampevene
• Crazy Swedes
• TV Doctors
• Seize Atlantis
• Embe Esti

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Best Hair and Makeup:

• Peggy of Troy
• Tommy Love
• Jeff Prescott
• Joanna Palladino
• Haunted Cat

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Most Likely To Fall off Stage:

• Jay $way
• Tom Dolan
• Jim Barrett
• Grape Juice!
• Matt Delgado

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Best Dressed:

• Abby Stone
• Bill Floyd
• Dennis Knight
• Johnny Morse
• Joanna Palladino

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Most Likely To Owe The Club Money:

• Jeff Prescott
• Kolbie G.
• Brother T
• Brain Medicine
• The Erotics

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